Joel Potrykus is a two-time AFI FEST alumnus with his previous films BUZZARD (AFI FEST 2014) and APE (AFI FEST 2012). We caught up with him in anticipation of his SXSW premiere next month, THE ALCHEMIST COOKBOOK. In the film, Ty Hickson plays Sean, an isolated drifter who, having fled society, lives with his cat Kaspar in a trailer in the wilderness. When his experiments in alchemy evolve into black magic, his life on the outskirts of authority begins to go awry. READ MORE: AFI FEST Director Joel Potrykus Talks American Indie BUZZARD This is an even more intense character study…